Book/Printed Material Mishnah Commentary in Judeo-Arabic.
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Title
- Mishnah Commentary in Judeo-Arabic.
Summary
- This manuscript contains commentaries on the Mishnah by Maimonides: on Seder Moed (from the middle of tractate Eruvin), and on Seder Nashim. The manuscript shows hand-written corrections and emendations by Maimonides himself, as well as notes added in the margins by his son, Abraham he-Hasid, and by David ha-Nagid II and others. The headings are written in Sefardi square script. The manuscript was purchased in Damascus in 1908 by the Toledano brothers, who sold it to the noted bibliophile David Solomon Sassoon (Collection no. 72-73) and his descendants. It was acquired by the Jewish National and University Library in 1975. Moses ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides, was a Jewish theologian, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Cόrdoba, Spain, in 1135. In 1160 he moved with his family to Fez, Morocco, to escape religious persecution, and eventually settled in Cairo, where he became the personal physician to the sultan and his family. He also served as the head of the Jewish community of Cairo, where he died in 1204. His works on theology, law, philosophy, and medicine, mostly written in Arabic and translated into Hebrew, Latin, and other languages, were widely influential in both the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds.
Names
- Maimonides, Moses, 1137?-1204 Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1125 to 1175]
Headings
- - Egypt
- - 1150
- - Jewish law
- - Jewish philosophy
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 2 volumes (180 pages) ; 430 x 280 millimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library of Israel.
- - Content in Judeo-Arabic.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
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- 1 online resource.
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- 2021667531
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